MONTREAL - Meet MVP Jessica Zelinka finished with a CIS record five gold medals and one silver to power the University of Calgary to a CIS track and field championship, Saturday.
It was the first women's title in 16 years for the Dinos, who previously won in 1987 and 1991. Calgary led all teams in the medal count with six golds, two silvers and three bronzes to finish first of 24 teams with 103 points overall. They clinched the CIS banner in the final race, winning the 4x400 relay to beat out Windsor, the defending champions, who ended up with 86 points. Rounding out the top five was Toronto (76), Western (62) and Saskatchewan (58).
The three-day competition, at Richard Tomlinson Fieldhouse on the campus of McGill University, featured three CIS championship meet records and 12 fieldhouse marks.
On the men's side, Ben Youssef Meité garnered three golds to earn meet MVP honours and lead the Sherbrooke Vert & Or to its fifth national title in 11 years but the first since 1997, when they won for the fourth straight season.
Sherbrooke led all teams with 15 medals (5 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze) to finish with 138 points, easily outdistancing Windsor (109.5), who also were the defending men's champs. Rounding out the top five was Western (56.5), Calgary (43) and Alberta (40).
(Results are available at www.mcgilltrack.com, medal winners at www.athletics.mcgill.ca and complete results at the championship web site: www.cisport.ca/e/championships/track/2007).
"Clinching it by winning the final race, the 4x200 relay sums up what a total team effort it was for us," said Zelinka, a 25-year-old native of London, Ont., who anchored the final relay and is a member of the Canadian national team. "It feels great... simply amazing."
Zelinka, who has now won performer-of-the-meet honours four times at the CIS championships, set the tone in Thursday's pentathlon competition, establishing CIS meet and McGill fieldhouse records with a score of 4,380 points. She also established fieldhouse marks with gold-medal efforts in the shot put (14.74m) and 60m hurdles (8.28 seconds), then capped that off by winning the long jump (5.89m), the 4x400 relay (3:47.96) and posting a silver-medal finish in the 4x200.
Winning at McGill was old hat for the Sherbrooke men, who have now captured three of their national championships at Tomlinson Fieldhouse, but were unable to win the CIS banner when they hosted the CIS meet in 2000 and 2001.
"You have achieved something that many considered impossible," an emotional Sherbrooke head coach Richard Crevier told his team after winning the CIS banner. "You did everything in your power, pushed yourselves to the absolute limit, but beyond that, you have inspired your teammates to do the same. What you have accomplished today will remain with you for the rest of your lives and will make you better athletes and better persons."
Meité, a 5-foot-9 speedster from the Ivory Coast of Africa, won the 60m and 300m and helped the 4x200 relay squad set a CIS meet record with a sizzling time of 1:26.01.
"I was very happy with my results, especially in the 60m, where I was really focused," said the 20-year-old business sophomore. "I knew that I would do well but it was truly an inspiring result for me. The presence of my brother (Ibrahim) here this week helped me tremendously throughout the meet.
Ibrahim, a Sherbrooke grad, also managed to pull off a triple gold for the Vert & Or in 2003.
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2007 CIS CHAMPIONSHIP MEDAL WINNERS (Final Results)
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TEAM STANDINGS (Final)
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MEN (Total Points)
1. Sherbrooke 138
2. Windsor 109.5
3. Western 56.50
4. Calgary 43
5. Alberta 40
6. York 36
7. Saskatchewan 34
8. Dalhousie 31
9. Guelph 30
10. Toronto 29.50
11. Victoria 27
12. Lethbridge 26
13. Manitoba 20
14. McGill 14
15. Regina 13.50
16. Queen's 12
17. Waterlo ]2
18. Laval 1
19. Montreal 0
19. UQAM 0
19. St. Francis Xavier 0
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TOTAL: 663 pts
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WOMEN (Total Points)
1. Calgary 103
2. Windsor 86
3. Toronto 76
4. Western 62
5. Saskatchewan 58
6. Guelph 35
7. Alberta 31
8. Regina 30
9. Manitoba 27
10. Montreal 26
11. Laval 24
12. York 23
13. Dalhousie 20
14. McGill 13
15. St. Francis Xavier 12
16. Lethbridge 11
17. UQAM 10
17. Laurentian 10
19. Sherbrooke 4
20. Waterloo 1
20. Victoria 1
22. Queen's 0
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TOTAL: 663 pts
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MEDAL COUNT
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No. INSTITUTION (Gold-Silver-Bronze; Total)
MEN:
1 Sherbrooke (5-5-5) 15
2 Western (1-2-3) 6
3 Windsor (4-1-0) 5
4 Calgary (2-1-1) 4
5 Dalhousie (1-2-0) 3
6 Toronto (1-1-1) 3
7 Guelph (0-1-2) 3
8 Alberta (0-3-0) 3
9 York (0-0-3) 3
10 Lethbridge (2-0-0) 2
11 Victoria (1-1-0) 2
12 Saskatchewan (0-0-2) 2
13 Manitoba (0-0-1) 1
14 McGill (0-0-0) 0
14 Laval (0-0-0) 0
14 Queen's (0-0-0) 0
14 Regina (0-0-0) 0
14 St.Francis Xavier (0-0-0) 0
14 Waterloo (0-0-0) 0
14 Laurentian (0-0-0) 0
14 Lakehead (0-0-0) 0
WOMEN:
1 Calgary (6-2-3) 11
2 Windsor (2-3-2) 7
3 Toronto (3-2-1) 6
4 Western (0-3-1) 4
5 Montreal (1-2-0) 3
6 Laval (1-1-1) 3
7 Saskatchewan (1-0-2) 3
7 York (1-0-2) 3
9 Guelph (0-1-2) 3
10 Regina (1-1-0) 2
11 Alberta (0-0-2) 2
12 Lethbridge (1-0-0) 1
13 Dalhousie (0-1-0) 1
13 Laurentian (0-1-0) 1
15 St.Francis Xavier (0-0-1) 1
16 Manitoba (0-0-0) 0
16 McGill (0-0-0) 0
16 Queen's (0-0-0) 0
16 Sherbrooke (0-0-0) 0
16 UQAM (0-0-0) 0
16 Victoria (0-0-0) 0
16 Waterloo (0-0-0) 0
16 Lakehead (0-0-0) 0
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MEDAL WINNERS
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60m HURDLES / HAIES (F)
CIS Meet Record: 8.23 Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 1997
Fieldhouse Record: 8.42 Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 2000
Canadian Record: 7.75 Perdita Felicien, (Budapest, HUN), 2004
1. Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 8.28**
2. Genevieve Thibault, Laval, 8.42
3. Jenni Hucul, Saskatchewan, 8.63
** Fieldhouse Record
60m HURDLES / HAIES (M)
CIS Meet Record: 7.83 Mark McCoy, York, 1983
Fieldhouse Record: 7.75 Charles Allen, Ottawa Lions, 2006
Canadian Record: 7.80 Robert Charbonneau, (Montreal,), 2006
1. Mark Stewart, Toronto, 8.09
2. Cody Sorenson, Guelph, 8.19
3. Andrew Judge, Western, 8.25
60m (F):
CIS Meet Record: 7.37 Sonia Paquette, Sherbrooke, 1994
Fieldhouse Record: 7.44 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
Canadian Record: 7.02 Philomena Mensah, (Maebashi, JAP), 1999
7.02 Philomena Mensah, (Ghent, BEL), 2000
1. Genevieve Thibault, Laval, 7.44 **
2. Martine Cloutier-Leblanc, Montreal, 7.60.
3. Danielle Harrison, Windsor, 7.63
**ties Fieldhouse record
60m (M):
CIS MEET Record: 6.58 Ibramhim Meite, Sherbrooke, 2002
Fieldhouse Record: 6.56 Nick Macrozonaris, St-Laurent Select, 2002
Canadian Record: 6.45 Bruny Surin, (Leivin, FRA), 1993
1. Ben Youssef Meité, Sherbrooke, 6.66
2. Emanuel Parris, Sherbrooke, 6.67
3. Justin McLennan, York, 6.68
300m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 37.35 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
Fieldhouse Record: 37.55 Adrienne Power, Dalhousie, 2005
Canadian Record: 37.17 Jilian Richardson (Sindelfingen, GER), '88
1. Martine Cloutier-Leblanc, Montreal, 38.99
2. Amonn Nelson, Calgary, 39.86
3. Melissa Jeremy, Alberta, 39.98
300m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 33.40 Alex Marchand, Sherbrooke, 1999
Fieldhouse Record: 32.95 Shane Niemi, York, 2002
Canadian Record: 32.75 Tyler Christopher, (Winnipeg, CAN),2006
1. Ben Youssef Meite, Sherbrooke, 33.68
2. Miguel Wason, Western, 34.05
3. Emmanuel Parris, Sherbrooke, 34.38
600m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 1:27.63 Camille Cato, York, 1984
Fieldhouse Record: 1:31.58 Carmen Lagala, U. of Vermont, 2006
Canadian Record: 1:27.63 Camille Cato, (Sherbrooke, CAN), 1984
1. Holly Ratzlaff, Calgary, 1:29.51**
2. Martine Cloutier-Leblanc, Montreal, 1:30.89
3. Sarah Katz, York, 1:32.16
** Fieldhouse Record
600m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 1:16.10 Byron Goodwin, Manitoba, 1995
Fieldhouse Record: 1:17.26 Alexandre Marchand, Sherbrooke, 2000
Canadian Record: 1:16.10 Byron Goodwin, (Winnipeg, CAN), 1989
1. Geoff Harris, Dalhousie, 1:17.76
2. John Carle, Sherbrooke, 1:18.64
3. Trent Ratzlaff, Calgary, 1:18.88
1000m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 2:42.81 Paula Schnurr, McMaster, 1988
Fieldhouse Record: 2:45.1(h) Sarah Ali-Khan, McGill, 2003
Canadian Record: 2:38.24 Diane Cummins, (Lieven, FRA), 2003
1. Jacqueline Malette, Windsor, 2:49.38
2. Hannah Eberhard, Windsor, 2:50.74
3. Heather Sim, Calgary, 2:50.74
1000m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 2:23.08 Sebastien Ouellet, Sherbrooke, 1999
Fieldhouse Record: 2:23.08 Sebastien Ouellet, Sherbrooke, 1999
Canadian Record: 2:19.04 Simon Hoogewerf, (E.Rutherford, USA), 1989
1. John Carle, Sherbrooke, 2:24.19
2. Ueli Albert, Dalhousie, 2:25.59
3. Scott Emberley, Western, 2:25.65
1500m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 4:15.41 Paula Schnurr, McMaster, 1988
Fieldhouse Record: 4:26.85 Nathalie Coté, Ottawa, 1998
Canadian Record: 4:08.18 Carmen Douma-Hussar, (Budapest), 2004
1. Megan Brown, Toronto, 4:18.75**
2. Jaqueline Malette, Windsor, 4:26.12
3. Heather Sim, Calgary, 4:33.43
** Fieldhouse Record
1500m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 3:46.85 Allan Klassen, UBC, 1990
Fieldhouse Record: 3:49.83 J.C. Nduwingoma, St-Laurent Select, 2007
Canadian Record: 3:38.73 Doug Consiglio, (Fayetteville, USA), 1986
1. Geoff Kerr, Calgary, 3:50.72
2. Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 3:51.45
3.James Poulin-Cadovius, Sherbrooke 3:51.89
3000m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 9:04.88 Brenda Shackleton, Victoria, 1988
Fieldhouse Record: 9:15.83 Sarah Dillabaugh, Ottawa Lions, 2000
Canadian Record: 8:50.80 Lynn Williams, (Indianapolis, USA), 1987
1. Megan Brown, Toronto, 9:21.46
2. Leila Angrand, Laurentian, 9:49.83
3. Erin MacLean, St-Francis Xavier, 9:50.28
3000m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 7:59.29 Jeff Schiebler, UBC, 1996
Fieldhouse Record: 8:14.68 Jeremy Deere, Calgary, 1999
Canadian Record: 7:44.46 Kevin Sullivan, (Boston, USA), 2004
1. Geoff Kerr, Calgary, 8:15.53
2. Alex Genest, Sherbrooke, 8:17.00
3. James Poulin-Cadovius, Sherbrooke 8:22.32
4X200m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 1:37.11 Windsor, 1993
Fieldhouse Record: 1:37.57 Saskatchewan, 1999
Canadian Record: 1:37.11 University of Windsor, (Toronto, CAN), 1983
1. Windsor, 1:38.80
(Shannon Davis, Shavonne Davis, Danielle Harrison, Noelle Montcalm)
2. Calgary, 1:38.90
(Tessa Gray, Holly Ratzlaff, Jessica Zelinka, Amonn Nelson)
3. Alberta, 1:40.19
(Breanne Carter, Aimee McMillan, Zannifer Carter, Melissa Jeremy)
4X200m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 1:26.18 Sherbrooke, 2006
Fieldhouse Record: 1:24.85 * Legacy Athletics
(T. Christopher, A. Kunkel, K. Nelson, N. Hurtubise, 2007)
Canadian Record: 1:24.85 T.Christopher, A.Kunkel, K.Nelson and N.Hurtubise
(McGill U., Montreal), 2007
1. Sherbrooke, 1:26.01*
(Ben Youssef Meite, Desire Jean-Marie, Emmanuel Paris, Emmanuel Montreuil Jean-Pois)
2. Western, 1:27.25
(Miguel Wason, Abdull Zubair, Nathan Rothwell, Randy McAuley)
3. York, 1:27.38
(Jared Lewis, Dennison Collins, Justin McLennan, Randolph Fajardo)
* CIS Meet Record
4X400m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 3:41.11 Manitoba, 1992
Fieldhouse Record: 3:47.77 Saskatchewan, 1999
Canadian Record: 3:36.03 Canada, (Glasgow, SCO), 2000
1. Calgary, 3:47.96
(Rachel Romero, Jessica Zelinka, Amonn Nelson, Holly Ratzlaff)
2. Toronto, 3:51.51
(Liane Heale, Tory Merrill Kate Ruediger, Mary Hein)
3. York, 3:51.57
(Nicole Benjamin, Kaitlin Coopman, Wendy Clarke, Sarah Katz)
4X400m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 3:14.60 Western, 1993
Fieldhouse Record: 3:15.21 U of Saskatchewan, 2000
Canadian Record: 3:07.77 Gibbons, Graham, Anderson and Goodwin
(Toronto, CAN), 1993
1. Western, 3:16.41
(Randy McAuley, Tarek El Morsey, Abdull Zubair, Miguel Wason)
2. Calgary, 3:17.37
( Nigel Joseph, Sam Effah, Mike Saizew, Trent Ratzlaff) 3. Manitoba,
( David Szczepaniak, Sheldon Kilcullen, Andrew Schellenberg, Quin Ferguson)
4X800m (F)
CIS Meet Record: 8:41.66 Victoria, 1988
Fieldhouse Record: 9:05.20 McGill, 1999
Canadian Record: 8:41.66 Victoria, (Winnipeg, CAN), 1988
1. Toronto, 8:56.63**
(Megan Brown, Mary Hein, Liane Heale, Laura Elmhirst)
2. Windsor, 8:59.44
(Hannah Eberhard, Jessica Reid, Jacqueline Mallette, Amina Oumesrour)
3. Calgary, 9:02.95
(Kim Ball, Riley McQueen, Holly Ratzlaff, Rachel Romero)
** Fieldhouse Record
4X800m (M)
CIS Meet Record: 7:29.23 Manitoba, 1995
Fieldhouse Record: 7:36.01 R. Jacobs, G. Harris, J. Corbit, U. Albert (Dalhousie, 2007)
Canadian Record: 7:24.5(h) Housley, Craig, Bogue and Craig (Toronto, CAN),1979
1. Victoria, 7:33.91**
(Brandon Green, Richard Lehman, Johannes Mallie, Geoff Martinson)
2. Dalhousie, 7:34.76
(Ueli Albert, John Corbit, Geoff Harris, Ross Jacobs)
3. Sherbrooke, 7:37.76
(John Carle, Steve Morin, Moise N'Ken, Yassine El Fouladi)
** Fieldhouse Record
POLE VAULT / SAUT A LA PERCHE (F)
CIS Meet Record: 4.22 Kelsie Hendry, Saskatchewan, 2005
Fieldhouse Record: 3.85 Elyse Menard, Sherbrooke, 2002
Canadian Record: 4.40 Dana Buller, (Flagstaff, USA), 2006
1. Adrianne Vangool, Saskatchewan, 3.95**
2. Suzanne Fish, Toronto, 3.80
3. Leah Vause, Saskatchewan, 3.70
** Fieldhouse Record
POLE VAULT / SAUT A LA PERCHE (M)
CIS Meet Record: 5.65 Doug Wood, York, 1992
Fieldhouse Record: 5.30 Francois Thenault, Sherbrooke, 1999
Canadian Record: 5.65 Doug Wood, (Winnipeg, CAN), 1992
1. David Foley, Sherbrooke, 5.05
2. Rene Gauthier, Sherbrooke, 4.80
3. Doug Creighton, Toronto, 4.60
3. Taylor Petrucha, Saskatchewan, 4.60
HIGH JUMP / SAUT EN HAUTEUR (F)
CIS Meet Record: 1.87 Tami Lutz, UBC, 1986
Fieldhouse Record: 1.89 Natalja Jackheere, Belgium, 1998
Canadian Record: 1.99 Debbie Brill, (Edmonton, CAN), 1982
1. Kristen Matthews, York, 1.80
2. Michelle Moody, Guelph, 1.74
3. Sarah Boyle, Toronto, 1.74(J)
(J) finished second on tie-breaker
HIGH JUMP / SAUT EN HAUTEUR (M)
CIS Meet Record: 2.24 Alex Zaliauskas, Toronto, 1993
Fieldhouse Record: 2.27 Kwaku Boateng, Concordia, 1996
Canadian Record: 2.33 Mark Boswell, (Fayetteville, USA), 2000 2.33 Mark Boswell, (Lievin, BEL), 2002
1. Derek Watkins, Windsor, 2.19
2. Mark Dillon, Toronto, 2.13
3. Jon Odumeru, Guelph, 2.04
SHOT PUT / LANCER DU POIDS (F)
CIS Meet Record: 15.31 Shannon Kekula, Saskatchewan,1990
Fieldhouse Record: 14.43 Tina McDonald, Toronto, 1999
Canadian Record: 17.02 Carmen Lonesco, (Montreal, CAN), 1979
1. Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 14.74**
2. Heather Patterson, Western, 14.10
3. Steph Jackson, Guelph, 13.17
** Fieldhouse Record
SHOT PUT / LANCER DU POIDS (M)
CIS Meet Record: 18.46 Chris Meisner, Lethbridge, 2004
Fieldhouse Record: 16.35 Paul Drogaris, McGill, 1999
Canadian Record: 20.32 Brad Snyder, (Baton Rouge, USA), 1998
1. Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 17.52**
2. Matt Doherty, Alberta, 17.23
3. Justin Grief, Saskatchewan, 16.56
** Fieldhouse Record
TRIPLE JUMP / TRIPLE SAUT (F)
CIS Meet Record: 13.01 Kelly Dinsmore, Windsor, 1993Fiel
Fieldhouse Record: 12.76 Michelle Hastick, Independent, 1999
Canadian Record: 13.67 Althea Williams, (Toronto, CAN), 2000
1. Janine Polischuk, Regina, 12.72
2. Alanna Boudreau, Western, 12.14
3. Sarah Kipping, Windsor, 12.12
TRIPLE JUMP / TRIPLE SAUT (M)
CIS Meet Record: 15.80 Patrick Banim-Massok, UQAM, 2002
Fieldhouse Record: 15.89 Patrick Massok, UQAM, 2002
Canadian Record: 17.14 Edrick Floreal, (Indianapolis, USA), 1989
1. Derek Watkins, Windsor. 15.24
2. Jason Moss, Alberta, 15.13
3. Marlon Nangle, York, 14.84
LONG JUMP / SAUT EN LONGUEUR (F)
CIS Meet Record: 6.24 Jocelyn Adu-Gyamfi, Toronto, 2001
Fieldhouse Record: 6.17 Alice Falaiye, Toronto, 1998
Canadian Record: 6.57 Krysha Bayley, (Clemnson, USA), 2005
1. Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 5.89
2. Janine Polischuk, Regina, 5.89(J)
3. Michelle Moody, Guelph, 5.74
(J) finished second on tie-breaker
LONG JUMP / SAUT EN LONGUEUR (M)
CIS Meet Record: 7.64 Patrick Banim-Massok, UQAM, 2003
Fieldhouse Record: 7.61 Craig Cavanaugh, York, 1999
Canadian Record: 7.98 Edrick Floreal, (Indianapolis, USA), 1989
1. Ositadinma Nriagu, Windsor, 7.41
2. Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Windsor, 7.34
3. Andrew Judge, Western, 7.32
WEIGHT THROW / LANCER DU MARTEAU (F)
CIS Meet Record: 19.66 Kate Forbes, Lethbridge, 2005
Fieldhouse Record: 17.97 Marie-Josee Le Jour, St-Laurent Select, 06
Canadian Record: 21.84 Amy Moses, (Gainesville, USA), 2005
1. Heather Stacey, Lethbridge, 15.97
2. Heather Patterson, Western Ontario 15.74
3. Caroline Sow, Laval, 15.40
WEIGHT THROW / LANCER DU MARTEAU (M)
CIS Meet Record: 21.59 Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 2005
Fieldhouse Record: 19.58 Murray Heber, Alberta, 1999
Canadian Record: 24.72 Scott Rusell, (Ames, USA), 2002
1. Jim Steacy, Lethbridge, 23.61##
2. Matt Doherty, Alberta, 20.27
3. Owen Willems, Guelph, 18.69
## * CIS Meet Record
** Fieldhouse Record
PENTATHLON (F):
CIS Meet Record: 4062 Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 2004
Fieldhouse Record: 3771 Beth Stroud, Windsor, 1999
Canadian Record: 4550 Jill Ross-Giffen, (Canyon, USA), 1982
1. Jessica Zelinka, Calgary, 4,380 ##
2. Alicia Dobranowski, Dalhousie, 3,693
3. Jen Cotton, Western Ontario, 3,681
## * CIS Meet Record
** Fieldhouse Record
PENTATHLON (M):
CIS Meet Record: 3902 Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Windsor, 2004
Fieldhouse Record: 3812 Trevor Philips, Calgary, 200
1. Jamie Adjetey-Nelson, Windsor, 3,877**
2. Mark Chenery, Victoria, 3,597
3. Mathieu Houle, Sherbrooke, 3,583
** Fieldhouse Record
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